Posts Tagged ‘ Rick Santorum ’

"I suppose it was inevitable that sooner or later Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum would come around to start harping on the horrible social 'problem' of pornography in our society. He just can’t help himself." (03/18/12)

"To the casual observer no two politicians could be more different than Hillary Clinton and Rick Santorum -- the career woman who calls herself a 'government junkie' and the 'true conservative' whose wife home-schools their seven children. But look a little closer, and you'll find some surprising similarities." (03/09/12)

"One of the more distressing things for me concerning this 2012 campaign is the religious test being imposed on some of the candidates by the voters and encouraged by other candidates. There are at least some voters who will not support Mitt Romney under any circumstances because he is a Mormon. Once upon a time, the idea of a Catholic being president was just as much of a scandal but today very few non-Catholics would consider this a deal breaker. Ironically devout Catholic Rick Santorum, one candidate who benefits from fellow Catholic JFK’s election 52 years ago, says that when he heard JFK’s famous separation of church and state speech he 'almost threw up.'" (02/27/12)

"My last post discussed the numerous reasons supporting my conclusion that Rick Santorum personifies the term 'religious bigot,' and why his criticism of President Obama for leading America based on a so-called theology different from that in the Bible, amounts to clear evidence of his own intent if elected president to govern us by his Catholic Biblical theology. Today, I will demonstrate once and for all, from the candidates own mouth, the fundamental irrationality within the mind of Rick Santorum, Mr. Biblical, and why, if nominated by the Republican Party, Barrack Obama is virtually certain to win the general election." (02/23/12)

"The list of presidential candidates over whom I’d prefer Barack Obama is a short one, indeed. I’ll admit that I never had high expectations for old Barry — honestly, how could anybody? ... But, even so, Obama remains ... less horrendous than some people who want to be president. I’m looking at you, Rick Santorum, you liberty-hating, authoritarian freak." (02/14/12)

"Though I supported Ron Paul in the caucus and encourage everyone to do likewise, I doubt he has a realistic chance of winning in 2012 (I hope I’m wrong). In the likely event that Paul does not win the nomination, my next move is to support the Libertarian Party nominee (who will probably be Gary Johnson, my preferred choice to begin with). IF a Santorum nomination lead to a purging of the socialcons, and a resurgence of libertarian, small government principles then I would say that in the long run Santorum’s nomination victory/general election defeat would be worth it." (02/09/12)

"In a Republican primary season frequently marked by these fierce collective efforts to destroy any presumed obstacle to Romney’s inevitability, the ongoing struggle of grassroots conservatives to promote an alternative has been both an enigma to the network anchors and a thorn in the side of the Republican establishment. Yet ultimately it is a shining hope for those on 'Main Street.' They soundly reject the notion that their nation’s future is forever subject to the whims of morally bankrupt power brokers from inside the Beltway." (02/10/12)

"If someone were to pose the question: 'Among the candidates running for president, who would you say describes himself as the most 'pro-family?'' I suspect that most people would say Rick Santorum and for good reason. To Santorum, the decline of the traditional, nuclear family is the root cause for every problem facing America right now. Even (perhaps especially) individual rights take a back seat to his family values." (01/10/12)

"Within the lifetimes of most people my age (45), same-sex marriage will not only have been fully legally implemented by all 50 states and recognized by the federal government for tax purposes and such, but advocacy of turning back the clock on the matter will enjoy (and rightfully so) the same political cachet and public support as proposals to re-institute segregation of public water fountains by race or to accord US Senators the privilege of jus primae noctis in their home states." (01/08/12)

"Calling Rick Santorum an ultra-right-wing religious extremist is putting it mildly. Next to him, statist tyrants like Texas Gov. Rick Perry and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich seem like timid moderates. That being the case, I don’t envision Santorum coming close to capturing the Republican Party nomination, much less the presidency, but stranger things have happened in the course of history." (01/05/12)

"There is no doubt that Santorum is deeply conservative on social issues. ... At the same time, on economic and size-of-government issues, Santorum’s record is much weaker. In fact, Eric Erickson of Red State refers to Santorum as a 'pro-life statist.'" (01/04/12

"Until Rick Santorum’s recent surge in the polls, I didn’t consider him much more than a nuisance. ... I didn’t think he was as realistic of a threat as say Rick Perry or Newt Gingrich. The best way to approach Santorum was to ignore him and not give him the attention he desperately craved. But since Santorum is polling in the top three in Iowa, I think it’s time use his own words to illustrate why he is the most anti-liberty candidate in the race." (01/02/12)